Drawing The Owl, 12 Weeks At A Time: One CS Major’s Internship At Twilio

Katie McCorkell, a Computer Science major at the University of Washington, spent 12 weeks as an intern at Twilio's Software Engineering Internship Program, where she gained hands-on experience in writing, revising, and pushing code while also making time for volunteering and socializing. During her internship, Katie learned about Twilio's Data Warehousing, interacted with customers through support tickets, and contributed to the development of a Python library for interacting with production databases. She also volunteered at local kitchens feeding the needy and participated in company events such as a women engineering meeting and a company baseball outing. Throughout her experience, Katie demonstrated her enthusiasm and willingness to learn, even when faced with challenges like merging pull requests and debugging code.